No wonder I love 1911's so much

[EMC45]

YMMV. What I have seen is the exact opposite. I fixed an ODT member just the other day on the open range day. He was shooting similar to your method, I changed him over to mine. He was able to shoot faster, due to better recoil control, and with more accuracy. Faster AND more accurate is where it’s at!

Watch some videos of the top names in USPSA and see which technique the vast majority use; thumbs forward. Case in point is the pic the OP posted at the beginning of this showing the grip of SIG Team Captain Max Michel.

I totally get it. For as long as I've been shooting (since 1982), within the last 10 years or less, the idea is a very bent support hand (straight arm-locked elbow) to lock into the shooting hand with stacked thumbs. Like this:

To me that is the most uncomfortable and un-natural thing for my hands to do. I got into a debate with my Sig instructor in Ohio over this technique. He in turn said my technique was "wrong". I guess shooting revolvers for the amount of time I have has kept me with the locked thumb technique. It works for me.

I've gone up against folks shooting stacked thumbs for speed and accuracy and we were round for round on both. I'm confident in my technique.

 

[cmshoot]

I totally get it. For as long as I've been shooting (since 1982), within the last 10 years or less, the idea is a very bent support hand (straight arm-locked elbow) to lock into the shooting hand with stacked thumbs. Like this:
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To me that is the most uncomfortable and un-natural thing for my hands to do. I got into a debate with my Sig instructor in Ohio over this technique. He in turn said my technique was "wrong". I guess shooting revolvers for the amount of time I have has kept me with the locked thumb technique. It works for me.

I've gone up against folks shooting stacked thumbs for speed and accuracy and we were round for round on both. I'm confident in my technique.

No worries. That’s why I prefaced my statement with “YMMV”, and it’s also why I don’t force my students to use “my” method. Folks should use whichever method or technique that works best for them. I would never call your method “wrong”......different strokes for different folks!

Lots of old revolver shooters use your method for shooting semi-autos as well. I’m a revolver shooter and have been a long time. I shoot revolvers using a grip similar to yours, but of course I shoot autoloaders differently.

 

[Deleted member 79987]

I’m a revolver shooter and have been a long time.

Oh that's right... didn't you shoot cowboy for a long time? Now that type of shooting requires a unique grip...

 

[cmshoot]

Oh that's right... didn't you shoot cowboy for a long time? Now that type of shooting requires a unique grip...

Yes, I did CAS, but I’ve also shot DA revolvers for years, both in competition and as EDC.

 

[Hayata]

Hayata

I'm a little slow...

 

[Deleted member 97214]

Thats basically me too. Offhand supporting on the bottom. Thumbs tucked. I naturally came into that from rapid reloading mags. It might not be the proper technique, but it works for me.

Its kind of sloppy but I was loading out of my back pocket in an uneven field and all 20 of those went into a "man sized" tree trunk at 30+'...

 

[GFB]

I cross my thumbs when I shoot. It's how I was taught in the early 80s shooting revolvers. It works with autos too. I like the "lock" it provides when I shoot. I've been told for many years I shoot "wrong" by locking my thumbs. I guess I'll stay wrong.

Just like this, but with wheelguns and autos:

That's also how I came up shooting and I still revert back to it on revolvers and pistols with inconveniently-place slide stops.

 

[michacooks]

A 1911 is like a glock, except for men

 

[Deleted member 79987]

A 1911 is like a glock, except for men

Touché monsieur!

 

[MidniteFlame]

It’s a matter of training. I didn’t start with that grip, but I switched to it, trained with it, and now it’s natural.

It isn’t that hard of a transition. Placing the strong thumb on the back/base of the support thumb gives you a definite point of reference that you can feel with both hands.

I suggest practicing the draw with the new grip at home.....with an empty and safe weapon, of course. Practice as often as you can, until it cancels out your previous grip. You never know what handgun you may have to pick up and use, so you may as well have a grip that works for all of them.

I am working on this. It is HARD to retrain myself on something that has just been natural but it is starting to work. Thanks as always Shep!